CROSS-VALIDATION OF FRAMINGHAM-TYPE-A-SCA LE AND BORTNER-SHORT-RATING-SCALE IN A SAMPLE OF CANARIAN MALES

This study analyses in a sample of Canarian males the Framingham Type A Scale (FTAS) and the Short Rating Scale elf Bortner (SRSB), the two short scales used more frequently for the assessment of the Type A Beh avior Pattern. The factor structures in both cases appear stable. Conc ern for social acceptance and recognition at work is an exclusive of t he SRSB factor. Competitiveness and Speed-impatience are components of both scales. The two scales distinguish between healthy people and co ronary patients, but the difference is clearer for the FTAS. However, a basic component of the TABP as such Anger-Hostility does not appear in either.